between 162 ##7 and 1644 , the ten bamboo studio produced over twenty printed books of this kind , aimed at a wealthy , literary audience . the studio ' s earliest publications were medical textbooks , the first of which , tested prescription ##s for myriad illnesses ( wan ##bing yan ##fan ##g , [UNK] [UNK] [UNK] 方 ) was published in 163 ##1 and proved popular enough to be reissued ten years later . hu ' s brother zheng ##xin was a medical practitioner and appears to have been the author of these books . during the 1630 ##s the ten bamboo studio also produced political works ex ##to ##lling the rule of the ming ; these included the imperial ming record of loyalty ( huang
between 1627 and 1644, the ten bamboo studio produced over twenty printed books of this kind, aimed at a wealthy, literary audience. the studio's earliest publications were medical textbooks, the first of which, tested prescriptions for myriad illnesses ( wanbing yanfang, [UNK] [UNK] [UNK] 方 ) was published in 1631 and proved popular enough to be reissued ten years later. hu's brother zhengxin was a medical practitioner and appears to have been the author of these books. during the 1630s the ten bamboo studio also produced political works extolling the rule of the ming ; these included the imperial ming record of loyalty ( huang